Helen M. (Gibbons) Morrison, a resident of Reading for 62 years, passed away at her son's home in Providence, Rhode Island on April 23, 2024. She was 94 years of age.

Helen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 4, 1930 the daughter of William and Mary (Watkins) Gibbons. She graduated from Somerville High in 1948.

Helen raised her family in Reading MA and worked for the Reading Chronicle for many years. She loved to travel and Helen went to Europe, cruised through the Panama Canal, walked the glaciers of Alaska and took rides in hot air balloons and glider planes. She and her friends loved to go out dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. Helen never turned down a conversation and made so many friends through the years and decades. She loved to entertain and invited everyone into her life. She brought out the best in people. Most of all she liked being with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Helen was the beloved wife of the late John C. Morrison. Devoted father of Thomas J. Morrison of Sandown NH, Mark J. Morrison and his wife Kathleen of Providence RI, Billy K. Morrison and his wife Susan of Ogdensburg NJ and the late Myla A. Martin and mother in-law of the late Frank Martin of Phoenix, AZ. Cherished sister of James W. Gibbons and his wife Claire of Arlington and the late Frances R. Mainini and Mary Berck. Loving grandmother of Sarah, Michael, Noah, Christopher, Gabriel, and Josiah and loving great grandmother of Jack, Peter, Elijah, Theo, and Sylvia.

Visiting hours will be held at the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home 25 Sanborn St. (corner of Woburn St.) Reading, MA on Sunday April 28, 2024 from 4-7 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Agnes Church 186 Woburn St. in Reading, MA on Monday April 29, 2024 at 10:30 am.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Helen's memory to New England Animal Shelter 347 Highland Ave Salem, MA 01970 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis TN 38105 www.stjude.org